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Definition of Tritium

1. Noun. A radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms.

Definition of Tritium

1. Noun. (isotope) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen, (symbol T or (nuclide 3 1 H)), having one proton and two neutrons. ¹

2. Noun. An atom of this isotope. ¹

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Definition of Tritium

1. an isotope of hydrogen [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tritium

1. Long lived radioactive isotope of hydrogen (half life 12.26 years). Weak emitter, very suitable for autoradiography and relatively easy to incorporate into complex molecules. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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